Vijf heiligen aanbidden Christus, die omringd door engelen in de hemel boven hen verschijnt, François Spierre, in or after 1671

Title(s)

Vijf heiligen aanbidden Christus, die omringd door engelen in de hemel boven hen verschijnt

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-74.361

Catalogue reference

• Nagler Künstlerlexikon 12

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De heiligen zijn Francis Borgia, Louis Bertrand, Cajetan, Rosa van Lima en Philip Benizi.

Artist

• printmaker: François Spierre (mentioned on object)
• François Spierre
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (mentioned on object)

Dating

in or after 1671

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 470 mm × width 306 mm

What

• adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc.
• Christ (+ angel(s))
• Francis Borgia, Jesuit priest and duke of Gandia; possible attributes: book, ducal hat, monstrance, skull with crown
• the Dominican Tertiary Rosa (Rose) of Lima; possible attributes: anchor, crown of thorns, crucifix, infant Christ (in her arms or on a bunch of roses), lily, (wreath of) roses

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• François Spierre, Frauke van der Wall, cat.nr. R25
• Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, G.K. Nagler, dl. 17, p. 143, cat.nr. 12